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Heard on the Internet: March/April 2018

March 22, 2018

Auditability ranks at the top of cloud adopters’ security requirements. According to an MIT Sloan Management Review survey of more than 500 IT and business executives, 87% of respondents cited auditability as an important factor in evaluating cloud security — second only to a provider’s ability to prevent data compromises.

March 20, 2018

If data is the new oil, there is one major difference. Unlike oil, which over the years have suffered from unpredictable supply, for much of the customers, there is only abundance of data. Despite the glut of data, the same customers profess there is often a shortage of actionable information.

March 16, 2018

As we speak, there are tense conversations about the cloud taking place in the C-suites of mid- to large enterprises in which the CIO, CFO and CTO are often sitting on opposites sides of the conference room table.

March 15, 2018

Medium voltage switchgear designs have seen only minor changes since the establishment of metal-clad switchgear in the 1970s. However, the electrical distribution industry is experiencing workforce, financial and regulatory pressures that require new designs to meet modern applications.

March 14, 2014

To figure out what to do now and the future it is useful to look at history. One that I am currently immersed in is what the platform for future systems should look like and one part is the data processing area.

@johna_white 25 Jan

RT @Expedient: It is “Expedient Day” in the City of #Pittsburgh as we celebrate our @NovaPlace data center expansion with an open house and…

@RSBHAT 22 March

RT @3hanot @avarakai Is this reason for tour de norway Europe’s biggest data center to open in Måløy Norway

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On Demand An edge data facility is still a data center. One still and must consider design, construction, and operational habits that result in high levels of system availability, maintainability, and resiliency. The disaggregation that edge poses will distribute compute and storage assets, and the challenge will be placing edge assets into sufficiently robust facilities or enclosures outside of traditional data centers where those local solutions can equally sustain those IT operations and systems.

As power consumption requirements of both server and switch components within the IT stack expand, users are having to reconsider their power distribution strategies to balance and manage power more effectively. More power means more heat, thicker cabling and overall denser environments, which requires infrastructure upgrades. Learn key considerations for high density rack environments and effective power distribution strategies to better future-proof your infrastructure.